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LNt e " /G. E. CARSON, | Pres. and Treas. # i H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. wader adt Xnows to the editoe, but e cations for the " HAVE YOU STUDIE ¢ oftide at Minn, an second-class matter B, b R ST e No attention patd to mn{non— contributions. Writer's name must cuh“:x.‘::l‘nn publication in the current issue D YOUR:CALENDAR? Thereis every reason to believe that in Bemidji.and Bel- hust Teach this office mot trami-county there haye been many confirmed and irreconcil- - able bachel?rs, who look with alarm at the calendar for the year 1920, with particular attention' directed to the month of February, for that month contains twenty-nine days, indicating that it is leap year. But this is not all.. that th The twenty-ninth day is Sunday, so e month will carry five Sabbaths on which maidens may stalk their prey. Five days on which, all busingss actiyities suspends, bachelors cannot seclude 'themselves in the inner regions of their offices, but must come forth to run the gauntlet. ,Q; And to make a bad matter worse, Friday of the second ‘Week of February falls on the 13th. . Once in a century February has five Sundays and 1920 is the one-hundredth year since a similar phefipmenon occurred. Everything considered, 1920 should .prove ashicky year for the girls, but to the bachelor contingent the twelve months ‘are filled with dark forebodings. 7 ANSEED NP WAGE COMMISSION APPEALS WAGE LAW. Appeals to the supreme court have been taken by the state minimum wage commission from recent orders by District Judge Albert Johnson, Red Wing, restraining enforcement of the minimum wage scliedile in the cise of ‘employes of two .Goodhue county telephone companies and a canvas glove fac- ‘ :tory at Winona. James E. Markham, assistant attoi’ney general, said that the hearing in the supreme court was advanced to January 26. Notices of the appeal were sent to the clerk of the Goodhue county district court. 0- STATE TEACHERS MUST BE PAID MORE. Minnesota school teachers must be, paid higher salaries to maintain the present high standards, the state board of educa- tion concluded at a .meeting. at the State Historical society: building in St. Paul. Whether -galary minimums in schools recgivini" state aid will be raised by order of the board or other remedial measures will be adopted was left for_decisiqn at an_ga;]y adjourned meeting. e More than 300 teaching positions.are unfilled, 1,800 teafih-. ers aré working on special permits;and:the shortage-of teachers is becoming steadily greater as private employment, the boagd: W. D. Willard, Mankato, board for 1920. ) NEWS OF THE THEATERS [ SR D. W. GRIFFITH PLAYED IN “THE ONE WOMAN" “The One Woman,” by Thomas Dixon, autfor of the “Birth of a Na- tion,” first appeared in novel form. Later it was dramatized for the speaking stage and Select Pictures now offer it as the biggest and best feature of the year. It will be shown for the last time tonight at the Grand Theatre. ~ tI is interesting to note that when “The One Woman'' was presented on the speaking stage some year ago the part of Gordon, one of the prin- cipal roles, was partrayed by David Wark Griffith, who later produced another of Mr. Dixon's works on the screen. : PICKFORD—FRIDAY. - was%elected president of the Bov.d A ; § théy“atcept more remunerative - Wes.advised. i “Checkers’’ one of the most absorbing’ photoplays presented this season. In.addition ta;the above James J. Corbett, “Gentleman Jim,” will be' seen in the big Universal seéries, “The Midnight Man,'” d story of hair rais- ing adventure, thrills, high speed ac- | tion, all entwiied in a sweet love story.. Come this week, come every week. Miss Warfield Entertains. Among the.several theatre parties at the Elko, and perhaps the largest during the past week, was that chap- eroned by Mr. C. W. Warfield, when Miss Mary Warfield entertained four- teen young ladies at the theatre. Miss Warfield’s guests. were the Mis- ses Pearl Rafferty, Jennie Cohen, An- 7onpetta Kenfield, ' ‘Beatrice Kirk, Harriet Boyce, Luella Backus, Aileen Naylor, Vera Cutter, Ruth Essler, Dorothy Virts, Margaret Lord, .Grace ‘‘urrie, Alice Dean and Catherine Bagley. REID RUNS RAFFLE. The *“one girl in the world”. idea . |doen’t bother Wallace Reid in his | new Paramount-Artcraft picture, i To secure the proper effect of a real deaf and dumb boy in his forthcom- ing Paarmount picture, “Dummy,” 'time tonight. “The Lottery Man,” which will be shown at ‘the Elko theatre the last ““Come one, come all,”. Subserihe for ‘Iie Laiiy Ploneer dential ambitions. : Persons whose birthdat Children born today: w: (Copyright, 1920, 'by self. The picture is coming to the Elko theatre on Friday and Saturday. Theré will be especially appropriate rausic at each evening performance. | REAL USE FOR “BEST MAN” | 1n Other Times, He Was Net, as Today, Merely a Lay. Figure at the Wedding. g .An outcome of the primitive w ure of seizing -another man’s bride: at the altar was the compn'nfiively‘r'g'qpt custom in Sweden that marriage take place only after dark. The early Scan- dingivian 1dea was that'it was not dig- nified for a warrior to woo & woman. Therefore he waited until “she had been successfully courted by ‘anothbr, and then, when the marriage was about to take place, he appeared with his companions to carry off the bride. Knowing the danger, a prospective bridegroom took measures to prevent his prize from being snatched away from-him at the eleventh hour. . Behind the altar of .an anclent church - at Husanby, Gothland, is an old .collection of long lances, with sockets for tarches. which illustrates the methods ‘of de- fense® resorted: to. ~These were sup- plied to the groomsmen to furnish pro- tection as well as {ilnmination for the | ceremony. W All these groomsmen were called “best men” because they were the most powerful of the brldegrobm's friends. But there was one special “best man” to protect his friend’s bride, as he would help him steal’ another’s. And it 1s in this capacity. of protection rather than as- accessory, ‘before the fact that the best m come down through time and stands up at' your wedding today. e Pup Likes Strawberries. 1 told you a little while ago-about the fruitarian pup, which ate apples and bananas and pineapple, and whose owner was only walting for theistraw- berry season. I hear now that thg pup’s passion for strawberries 18 ‘alnggst in- credible, except to those who have’] seen jhim quivering withian : when the fruit comes on-the~table. When offered “a piece of meatnd strawberry, he takes the latter.with- || out any hesitation; and he dodes.not ask for cream or sugar. Indeed;:his fondneéss for the fruit has prove 1 undoing; and 4t preSent'he:is not,only: in ‘disgrace for clambering onthé:ta- ble and Stealing strawberries "froifi a bowl, but he is also a littie' unwell.’ —London' Express. SPECIAL MUSI_C Matinees 10c and 20c - WHAT THE STARS PRE The stars are friendly today and good fortine is in«di,catgd.f b . Soldiers will “find ‘appreciation ‘of their’ services, intery! preted politically and industrially. | g% g . ¥ " . But military leaders will be disappointed in‘thei A sensation is'indicated for Chicago this »fi The president is Warned to‘safeguard his h his is will travel mucl :A&S’trdl;ge ;nd Powerful Dra'ti\la: of’ : Twisted Lives - .. EL K@ Fri and Sat which will be the attraction at the is his invitation to the ladies, .the Grand Theatre on Friday only, Jack only stipulation being that each pay Pickford made a thorough study of a dollar for an opportunity to masry his part before attempting rehearsals. -him. The result, according to the He visited a celebrated institution for story, is a mad scramble on the part deat and dumb children, and it was of some-300,000 females to lead the the event of their lives to have the handsome star to the altar. In the “gctor man” appear witn pockets meantime he has shattered his cyni- bulging with candy. When he was convinced he had mastered some of their vocabulary and queer mannerisms and told them he could not come again for awhile, jcal:thoughts on marriage by balling in‘love'with “the only girl.” It’s the merrfy’ climax .of the briskest Reid picture yet when he wiggles out of his difficulties and wins both a for- . $&ect: Pictures Presents ¥:7tic scenes. s $ “-{ :Southern beauty and gets into’the H. Ince production for Paramount- " ‘most thrilling adventures. How ‘the | Artcraft release, ‘“L’Apache,” will @il elaboration of detail which makes!she has alfeady made a name for her- ‘their sorrow . was only comforted |tune and the girl, when he promised to invite them all| e ¢ sl to see the picture when it was REX THEAT“ TOMGHTF ¢ . _> finished, Coming to the Rex theatré tonight “Gettlng will be'Marion Davis, one of the stars “CHECKERS” TOMORROW. of Select Pictures.in “Getting Mary e racing gxfirled." an interesting comedy fea- There will also be shown a Fox “World News” series, No. 14. In addition to this there will be a Master Comedy entitled ‘“A Kaiser There Was,” one of the laughing hits of the season. “Checkers,” the famous A ‘melodrama has been made into a mo- tion picture’'by William Fox and will be seen at the Rex theatre, starting tomorrow for'two days: The piciure, -directed by Richard Stanton, is a mammoth spectacle with most realis- i | Checkers is the main character in “the play. He is a reformed race DOROTHY DALTON WILL PLEASE. track tout who falls in love with a| Dorothy Dalton in her now Thomas Both almost human. ‘horse Remorse wins the big stakes; | Please all her admirers, as she is cast “how Checkers risks his’ life’ many |in a double role, both as an Apache ‘times, and how he finally overcomes|dancing girl and a young American ‘all obstacles, is told, it is said, with heiress. In both types of character MARION DAVIS T B S duad N Mary Ma’rfied’f FOX “WORLD'S. NEWS"—Series No. 14 “A Kaiser There Was” - A Master Comedy . ‘The laughing hit of the year: 10c and 25¢ Matinees Daily, Night 7:10 and 9 o’clock The Pocket Handkerchief. The pocket’ handkerchief wap first known . ‘as. “kerehief’—couvre-chef~a ‘covering for the head;:then it.bec oy ‘handkerchief, “a covering for the hepd ] carried in the hand, and at last pocket handkerchief, a''‘covering for the head held In - d/ kept in# the e e ikely: be gifted and SMIBE FOR THE" ki U Progtod - Converity, The proofs ‘6f the convexity of the earth’s surface are _nume{ons and some of them exceedingly simple. If, standing on ,the seashore, in a clear day, we view a ship leaving the .coast in any direction, the hull or body.of the vessel first .disappears; after- wards the rigging, and lastly the top | of the highest. mast vanishes from sight.. Navigators have sailed around the earth. Among the -earliest of these was the famous English sailor, Sir Francis Drake,. who sailed from Plymouth, England, on December 13, 1577. and. arrived at the same place on September 26, 1580. Many other early. navigators, by sailing.in g west- erly direction, arrived at the country they sailed from. The form of the earth’s shadow. as seen upon the moon in an eclipse, ‘indicates the glcbular figure of the earth, and the conse- quent. convexity ‘of its surface. HOW To Keep The Boy, On We are going to tell you how. . ¢ ' ' ' Subscribe for The Piencer TONIGHT (LAST TIME) “The One v v oman - A “Select Pictures” special production in seven parts, by THOS. DIXON, author of “The Birth of.a Nation,” featuring an All Star cast— Watch for it 'in'an early issue. - FORD CARS—FORDSON TRACTORS ; Telephone 474 Bemidji, Minn. - Lawson Butt Clara Williams Herchall Mayall F . Adda Gleason See the theory of free love, practically applied, smashed to smithereens, in. “THE.. ONE S WOMAN,” at the E}i@mfi@flmflm; and abound., e EACH EVENING ) , Eyenings IIOc and 25¢ Heru.'y - Blossom b WILLIAM FOX PRODUCTION* e gred'ée‘si ; -wacing story in the wovld _\vith;tlaoroughbred‘s and “high life intermingled with a basic drama of the human . emotions R E X nearre FRIDAY and SATURDAY ' SEVEN THRILLING ACTS i . % 40 o Jam_es J. Cprbett, “The Midnight Man” REX UNION' ORCHESTRA - i Prices—15¢ and 30c: : Matinees 2:30. ) Nightg 7:10 and 9 o’clock" DAILLY PIONEER C.W. JewettCo. Inc. Defective

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